video; @unchained

[hedonistic]

[There video opens to a beautiful scene of a sunset at the Fishing District, sky painted in magnificent pinks and oranges that reflect against the pristine ice. A few moments later, a young man's voice accompanies it, tinged with the telltale slurring of someone who's rather drunk.]

Hey, question.

[A pause hangs in the air for a minute, almost long enough that one might wonder if he's gotten distracted or forgotten.]

Did you like your life, before the Storm? [. . .] If the Natha gave you a chance to go back, would any of you stay here?

[Kagari doesn't miss Japan. He doesn't feel homesick. He misses his friends, sure, but he's had more in the past nine months than he did in the twenty-one years before it. But he's starting to feel like the only one.]

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Audio; UN: trafalgar

[kikoku]

[Now, this is a feelings question, which is normally the sort Law avoids like the plague. But it’s something he’s been thinking about lately in the face of his new situation, and this is a drunk stranger. Maybe this can be as anonymous as possible.]

That depends on what the Natha are able to actually accomplish. I’ve done what I needed to do at home. If they can return my crew and my ship to me... it doesn’t matter where I am.
[As a natural pessimist, he’s tried to dismiss the idea of “going back” since it sounded impossible with The Storn, and so says this with the dull conviction of someone speaking to convince themselves. Things like seeing Roger’s treasure on Raftel, the crowning of the new pirate king... he doesn’t need any of that. As long as he can sail somewhere, it’s fine.]

Of course I don’t have proof at the moment that they can fulfill their deal.

text - un: linneus.

[inaurare]

[he can't exactly be anonymous with his username, but Linneus is used to it]

My life was comfortable enough. But I wouldn't go back to it, I don't think.

If nothing else, I think I have... more meaningful connections here.

text - un: maxwell

[braidedwonder]

I was starting to build something up in the peace and all...

Wouldn't mind going back to that and actually figuring out what it's like to live in some kind of peace.

voice; UN: SKULL

[sakabroto]

There was some shit going down back home, but given the chance? Yeah, I'd go back to finish it. There's somethin' really important to me an' my friends that we gotta do.

Why? Wouldn't you?

video; un: mai

[maipokerface]

I don't really miss the place as much as the people.

Audio; dancer

[dancerefresher]

Yes? I-i mean, my friends are there, and we just got things going well! I want to be there to help with the clean up!

But,,,maybe..I could have my dream cpme true here. It's silly but...it's something.

text, anon

[thedarkbond]

If I was given the chance to go home, I wouldn't hesitate. This world is nice, but it isn't home.

[Even if it may have the people he loves, it makes no difference if none of them are awake and he has no idea if they ever will be. He doesn't want to admit it with a name attached just yet, though, even if it's nice to be able to actually say it.]

What about you?

text | un: BishopRunout

[poolhall_killer]

I wouldn't go back, even if given the chance.

There was nothing left for me.

[The only one who would make him think about it would be to see Lord Zato alive again, and perhaps Robo-Ky, but that's it.]

video | un: a2

[atwo]

I would stay here. I've got nothing back home and here ... I feel as if I have something at the very least, even if it isn't big here which is an honest improvement. [ It's better than fighting all the time and being caught in a manhunt, that's for sure. ]

Yourself?

text; un: ammy

[illuminating]

i liked it then, and i like it now.
do you have water?


[ please be patient with her, her replies are excruciatingly slow. it takes a lot for her to type. there's no indicator who this is, either. only the name, no picture to go along with it. ]

[hedonistic]

Your crew, huh?

[Kagari can relate, in a way. The only thing that's missing from El Nysa is the fellow members of his division, and he doesn't mind waiting for them, as long as it takes.]

Would it matter to them?

[This is of course clearly hypothetical. Obviously. That's why he's on the network drunk, of course.]

[hedonistic]

rly/?
i woudve thogut someun like u wud hav had tons of frends

[ah. drunktyping.]

[hedonistic]

that depedns on who u r
tho i guess itd b prety good for u if ur the one bilding the new sytsem

[Japan lived in peace while wars raged on outside, after all. That stability was built on the backs of people like him. The expendable trash.]

[hedonistic]

No.

[There's the sound of sloshing liquid as Kagari takes another swig of his drink.]

I wouldn't be alive right now if the Storm hadn't come.

[hedonistic]

Yeah, I feel that.

[There's a beat of silence, followed by the sound of liquid swishing about. The poster taking another drink.]

You think they feel the same about you?

[hedonistic]

What's your dream?

[Kagari doesn't comment on the friends or whatever clean up situation she's talking about. He's not really interested in hearing the details about people's happy lives, with this.]

[hedonistic]

no
nevr had a home tbh

[hedonistic]

same
fuckin cheers, iguesss

[hedonistic]

Yeah. At least I'm free, here.

[It's kind of nice to know that there's at least a couple people who can relate, in some way.]

[hedonistic]

do u liek there or here betr
no

[what do you expect him to be rESPONSIBLE about his self-destructive behavior, ammy.]

[inaurare]

[excuse him, taking a moment to decipher...]

Oh, certainly not. It would have been nice, of course, but although my acquaintances were many, my friends were actually very few.

[thedarkbond]

So you wouldn't say either here or where you came from was a home for you?

[hedonistic]

[a two-minute pause.]

but
ur al nice n shit
????

[eloquent]

[hedonistic]

not rly
i mis my frends i guess but its not lke theyr gone
one wokeup al ready

[and may or may not be the source of this somewhat delayed crisis, but shhhhhhh.]

video @revolution

[idealisme]

[Feeling the cold, Enjolras is bundled up with scarves and multiple coats.]

There wouldn't be a point, for me. I'll take this place over a grave.